Is it more of a water bill thing, or do you actually effect the water supply? (Long showers, dishwashers, etc)
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That depends on your source of water.
I live in the great lakes. My city’s water supply is water from Lake Erie. Where I live, fresh water is abundant. It is resupplied by rain quickly. The concept of “wasting” it seems weird. The Great Lakes are all surface water.
But, if I was supplied my water from a well, in a desert… That is ground water and works differently than gigantic lakes.
Both cases though, supply comes down to how and why it’s being used and treated.
Yes, there is a water cycle. Water evaporates, falls as rain, fills lakes, trickles into ground water.
The physical water molecules aren’t going anywhere, but if you drain an underground aquifer in 100 years that it took 1000 years to fill it before it was found, you’re gonna have a bad time. If you dump a bunch of carcinogens, fertilizer, and human waste into a lake, the cost of making it potable goes up. The treatment plant can only produce so much.
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